James Wilson, one of the three brothers in Charlottesville, VA-based Sons of Bill, thinks the band’s fourth disc, Love and Logic, marks their arrival as a group. Wilson, along with brothers Sam and Abe, hooked up with former Wilco drummer Ken […]
Here is Kim’s encore from her show Oct. 18 at North Shore Point House Concerts in Norfolk, VA.
Having experienced and generous friends comes in handy. When Ray Lamontagne was unsatisfied with the batch of songs he’d written as the follow-up to his chart-topping, Grammy-winning album God Willin’ & the Creek Don’t Rise, he shot an email to a […]
On the opening cut of her superb recent release, “Promise of a Brand New Day,” Ruthie Foster sings of her love for the blues, music she grew up with in a small Texas town. Yeah, I’ve been in and out […]
For Cary Ann Hearst of the dark and raucous duo Shovels & Rope, the first sign she and now husband Michael Trent created powerful music together was a cover of a Ramones tune. “There’s a recording of us singing ‘Judy is a […]
The usual pleasantries open the interview with Lake Street Dive’s singer extraordinaire, Rachael Price. There’s a mention of a shared acquaintance and a nod to the band’s previous appearances in town, the first before a tiny crowd at Norfolk’s Taphouse […]
There was a time when I spent hours thinking of clever ways to describe the music of the past year. There’s not much need now. A brief description and a video and you can make up your mind whether my […]
Darrell Scott released a new album with his old buddy, Tim O’Brien, this month. It’s the third in three years for the Nashville songwriter who has become more prolific the older he gets. The album has been in the vaults […]
For me, it was a good year for music. I listened to more and liked more than I have in several years. Here are the albums I listened to and enjoyed the most. Garland Jeffreys – “The King of In […]
